List of people from the Dominican Republic

This is a list of famous or notable people from the Dominican Republic. The list also includes individuals of Dominican ancestry who reside overseas.

Authors

 * Julia Alvarez
 * Arambilet
 * Frank Báez
 * Josefina Baez
 * Fernando Cabrera
 * Rei Berroa


 * Manuel del Cabral
 * Aída Cartagena Portalatín
 * Roberto Cassá
 * Raquel Cepeda
 * Tulio Manuel Cestero
 * Hilma Contreras
 * Angie Cruz
 * Junot Díaz
 * Leonor de Ovando
 * Judith Dupré
 * Virginia Elena Ortea
 * León Félix Batista
 * Arturo Féliz-Camilo
 * Fabio Fiallo
 * Freddy Ginebra
 * Cristino Gómez
 * Chico Gonzalez
 * Pedro Henríquez Ureña
 * Federico Henríquez y Carvajal
 * Angela Hernández Nuñez
 * Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón
 * Rita Indiana
 * Mariano Lebrón Saviñón
 * Marcio Veloz Maggiolo
 * José Mármol
 * Andrés L. Mateo
 * Félix Evaristo Mejía
 * Miguel D. Mena
 * Jeannette Miller
 * Leopoldo Minaya
 * Pedro Mir
 * Domingo Moreno Jimenes
 * Mateo Morrison
 * Trina de Moya
 * Flérida de Nolasco
 * José Núñez de Cáceres
 * Martha Rivera-Garrido
 * Arturo Rodríguez Fernández
 * Mu-Kien Adriana Sang/
 * Alfredo Fernández Simó
 * Salomé Ureña
 * Jael Uribe
 * Bernardo Vega
 * Julio Vega Batlle
 * Alanna Lockward
 * Abelardo Vicioso
 * Chiqui Vicioso
 * Delia Weber

Business

 * Marcos Bisonó – businessman
 * José Blanco – cigar industrialist
 * Ligia Bonetti – businesswoman
 * Manuel Díez Cabral – businessman
 * Juan Cohen – businessman
 * José Luis Corripio – businessman
 * The Franjul Family – business family
 * Bartolomé Gamundi – businessman and government official in Puerto Rico
 * Manuel Alejandro Grullón – businessman, president of Banco Popular
 * José León Asensio – businessman
 * Victor Miguel Pacheco Mendez – businessman
 * Victor Oscar Pacheco Mendez – businessman
 * Leo Perez Minaya – businessman
 * Celso Marranzini – economist
 * Porfirio Pina – music executive
 * Frank Rainieri – businessman, chairman and founder of Grupo Punta Cana

Fashion and beauty pageant personalities

 * Mariasela Álvarez – Miss World 1982
 * Eva Arias – beauty queen and fashion model
 * Sully Bonnelly – fashion designer
 * Susie Castillo – Miss USA 2003
 * Ana Contreras – Miss World Beach beauty semifinalist
 * Claudia Cruz – Miss World 2004 first runner-up
 * Marianne Cruz – Miss Universe 2008 second runner-up
 * Yadira Cury – Miss International 2005 first runner-up
 * Ada de la Cruz – Miss Universe 2009 first runner-up
 * Magali Febles – owner of the Miss Dominican Republic pageant franchise
 * Kimberly Jiménez – Miss Universe 2020 fifth runner-up
 * Gilda Jovine – fashion model
 * Francisca Lachapel – Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015
 * Hernan Lander – fashion designer
 * Dulcita Lieggi – beauty pageant contestant
 * Denny Méndez – Miss Italy 1997
 * Clarissa Molina – Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016 V.I.P winner, Miss Dominican Republic 2015
 * Ruth Ocumárez – former beauty queen
 * Oscar de la Renta – fashion designer
 * Amell Santana – Miss Earth 2005 first runner-up
 * Samantha Sepulveda – model and policewoman
 * Renata Soñé – Miss Universe 2005 second runner–up
 * Arlenis Sosa – fashion model
 * Amelia Vega – Miss Universe 2003, actress and model

A–M

 * Irvin Alberti – actor
 * Nancy Alvarez – psychologist, television talk show host
 * Tina Aumont – film actress; daughter of Maria Montez
 * Freddy Beras-Goico – television host, comedian
 * Julissa Bermudez – television personality
 * Jenny Blanco – TV presenter and actress
 * Nashla Bogaert – actress
 * Micky Bretón – director
 * Francis Capra – actor
 * Rafael Campos – actor
 * Sergio Carlo – actor
 * Aimee Carrero – actress
 * Terry Carter – actor
 * Hosea Chanchez – actor
 * Charytín – actress, singer, television host
 * José Guillermo Cortines – actor, musician
 * Jackie Cruz – actress
 * Tony Dandrades – TV presenter
 * Juan Delancer – film director
 * Yasmin Deliz – television personality/actress
 * Arisleyda Dilone – actress
 * Akari Endo – actress
 * Hony Estrella – actress
 * Iamdra Fermín – TV presenter
 * Juan Fernández – actor
 * Yubo Fernandez – actress
 * René Fortunato – film director
 * J. Teddy Garces – actor
 * Andrés García – actor
 * Laura García-Godoy – actress
 * Jason Genao – actor from On My Block (TV series)
 * Milagros Germán – actress
 * Rick Gonzalez – actor
 * Iván García Guerra – theater actor
 * María Alejandra Guzmán – TV presenter
 * Juliana Harkavy – actress (Dominican mother)
 * Oscar Haza – television journalist
 * Wilson Jermaine Heredia – actor
 * Jharrel Jerome – actor
 * Arthur Lithgow – actor
 * John Lithgow - actor
 * Jorge Lendeborg Jr. – actor
 * Sarah Jorge León – actress
 * Yelitza Lora – actress
 * Bryan Lugo – actor
 * Hemky Madera – actor
 * Judy Marte – actress
 * Luisito Martí – comedian
 * Agliberto Meléndez – film director
 * Mirtha Michelle – actress
 * Maria Montez – actress
 * Margarita Mora – actress
 * Rafael Molina Morillo – journalist
 * Carlos de la Mota – actor
 * Patrícia Mota – actress

N–Z

 * Amaury Nolasco – actor
 * Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. – actor
 * Robmariel Olea – actress
 * Karen Olivo – Tony Award-winning actor
 * Alex Paez – American actor of Dominican descent
 * Manny Pérez – actor (films Party Monster and El Cantante)
 * Frank Perozo – actor, producer
 * Nuria Piera – television journalist
 * Esmeralda Pimentel – telenovela actress (Dominican father)
 * Jessica Pimentel – actress
 * Dascha Polanco – actress (Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black)
 * Rosario Prieto – actress and dancer
 * Rafael José – Puerto Rican television personality (Dominican father)
 * Dania Ramirez – actress (television series Heroes and Entourage)
 * Silvestre Rasuk – actor
 * Victor Rasuk – actor
 * Monica Raymund – actress
 * Judy Reyes – actress (television series Scrubs)
 * Birmania Ríos – television personality (television show Despierta America)
 * Diana-Maria Riva – actress
 * Carolina Rivas – actress
 * Alfonso Rodríguez – film director
 * Michelle Rodriguez – actress
 * Julio Sabala – actor, comedian
 * Roberto Salcedo, Jr. – comedian
 * Zoe Saldana – actress
 * Carlos Sánchez – comedian, actor
 * Nuryn Sanlley – comedian
 * Harmony Santana – actress
 * Merlin Santana – actor
 * Rafael Corporán de los Santos – TV host
 * Enrique Segoviano – producer, director
 * Sharlene Taulé – actress and singer (Dominican father, Puerto Rican mother)
 * Rosanna Tavarez – singer, television personality
 * Shannon Tavarez – Broadway actress and singer; Dominican father
 * Samir Saba – journalist, TV presenter
 * Jessy Terrero – director
 * Leticia Tonos – director
 * Celines Toribio – actress/model
 * Emily Tosta – actress
 * Isaac Saviñón – actor
 * Julian Scott Urena – actor
 * Vielka Valenzuela – talk show host
 * Michelle Vargas – actress, model
 * Denise Vasi – actress
 * Jamila Velazquez – actress
 * James Victor – actor
 * Juan Vidal – actor
 * Ludo Vika – actress, comedian
 * Tristan Wilds – actor
 * Carmen Wong Ulrich – journalist
 * Sandra Zaiter – actress and television host

Painters and artists

 * Oscar Abreu
 * Cándido Bidó
 * Monina Cámpora – artist
 * Tito Canepa
 * Jaime Colson
 * José García Cordero
 * Luis Desangles
 * Iliana Emilia Garcia
 * Diego José Hilaris – painter
 * Henri-Joseph de Forestier – painter
 * Paul Giudicelli
 * Aurelio Grisanty
 * Gilberto Hernández Ortega
 * Clara Ledesma
 * Tania Marmolejo
 * Yoryi Morel
 * Elsa Núñez
 * Raquel Paiewonsky
 * Olivia Peguero
 * Rigo Peralta
 * Guillo Pérez
 * Eligio Pichardo
 * Kenny Rivero
 * Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta
 * Amaya Salazar
 * Jorge Noceda Sanchez
 * Julia Santos Solomon
 * Darío Suro
 * Rosa Tavarez
 * Francisco Velásquez
 * Miguel Vila Luna
 * Celeste Woss y Gil

Political and military figures

 * Rafael Alburquerque – former vice president
 * Geovanny Vicente – political strategist and CNN columnist
 * Pedro Franco Badía – former Secretary of the Interior and Police
 * Buenaventura Báez Méndez – former president
 * Joaquín Balaguer Ricardo – former president (1960–1962, 1966–1978, 1986–1996)
 * Ramón Emeterio Betances – founder of Puerto Rican independence movement (Dominican father)
 * Salvador Jorge Blanco – former president (1982–1986)
 * Tomás Bobadilla – first ruler of the Dominican Republic
 * Juan Bosch y Gaviño – former president
 * Francisco Domínguez Brito – lawyer, politician
 * Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó – former president
 * Fernando Cabrera – New York City Councilman
 * Ramón Cáceres – former president
 * Margarita Cedeño de Fernández – vice-president and former First Lady of the Dominican Republic
 * David Collado – former mayor of Santo Domingo
 * Ricardo de los Santos Polanco – politician, and President of Senate of the Dominican Republic
 * Luis Colón, 1st Duke of Veragua – nobleman, grandson of Christopher Columbus
 * Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez – 65th Secretary of State of New York
 * Juan Pablo Duarte – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
 * Adriano Espaillat – New York State Assemblyman; first Dominican American to be elected to a State House in the United States
 * Rafael Espinal – New York State Assemblyman
 * Rafael Estrella Ureña – former president
 * Carlos Felipe Morales – former president
 * Ruy Fernández de Fuenmayor – Colonial governor of Venezuela
 * Leonel Fernández Reyna – former president (1996–2000, 2004–2008, 2008–2012)
 * Pedro Florentino – hero of the Battle of Jacuba, during the War of Independence from Haiti
 * Maximiliano Gómez – revolutionary political leader
 * Máximo Gómez – military commander of the Cuban War of Independence
 * Petronila Angélica Gómez – feminist
 * Antonio Guzmán Fernández – former president
 * Ulises Heureaux – former president
 * Antonio Imbert Barrera – former president
 * Gregorio Luperón – former president
 * Miguel Martinez – former New York City Councilman
 * Sabina Matos – lieutenant governor of Rhode Island
 * Danilo Medina – former president (2012–2016)
 * Lucia Medina – accountant and politician
 * Hipólito Mejía – former president
 * Ramón Matías Mella – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
 * Fernando Arturo de Meriño – politician, theologian
 * The Mirabal sisters – political dissidents
 * Adolfo Alejandro Nouel – Santo Domingo archbishop and interim president
 * José Nuñez-Melo – Canadian politician
 * José Francisco Peña Gómez – mayor of Santo Domingo (1982–1986)
 * Joseline Peña-Melnyk – member of the Maryland General Assembly
 * Cesar A. Perales – 67th Secretary of State of New York
 * Thomas Perez – civil rights lawyer
 * Donald Reid Cabral – former president
 * Ydanis Rodríguez – New York City councilman
 * José Antonio (Pepillo) Salcedo – first president after the Restoration of the Dominican Republic
 * Roberto Salcedo, Sr. – mayor of Santo Domingo (2002–2016)
 * Juan Sánchez Ramírez – military general
 * Jean Alain Rodríguez Sánchez – lawyer
 * Francisco del Rosario Sánchez – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic
 * Pedro Santana Familias – first president (1844)
 * José Del Castillo Saviñón – politician
 * Sergia Elena de Séliman – politician
 * Angel Taveras – mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
 * Carlos Morales Troncoso – former vice president, diplomat
 * Rafael Leónidas Trujillo – dictator (1930–1961)
 * Ramfis Trujillo – general and son of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
 * Francisco Urena – Massachusetts government official
 * Fernando Valerio – hero of the battles of Santiago (1844) and Sabana Larga (1856), during the War of Independence from Haiti
 * Elias Wessin y Wessin – former general

For a complete list, please refer to List of presidents of the Dominican Republic

Scientists and scholars

 * Soraya Aracena – anthropologist
 * Idelisa Bonnelly – marine biologist
 * Víctor A. Carreño – NASA aerospace engineer
 * Marcos Espinal – epidemiologist
 * Luis Arístides Fiallo Cabral – astronomer
 * Geovanny Vicente – political scientist, CNN columnist and Columbia University professor.
 * Pedro Francisco Bonó – sociologist
 * Zoilo H. Garcia – aviator, engineer
 * Juan Isidro Jiménez Grullón – historian
 * Jorge Abraham Hazoury – biologist
 * Erich E. Kunhardt – physicist
 * Jose Gabriel Garcia – historian
 * Jorge Giordani – engineer, economist
 * Miguel Canela Lázaro – anatomist
 * Kathleen Martínez – archeologist
 * Frank Moya Pons – historian
 * Andrés Navarro – architect
 * Feniosky Peña-Mora – engineer
 * Margot Taule – architect
 * Juan Manuel Taveras Rodríguez – radiologist
 * Héctor Valdez Albizu – economist
 * Aída Mencía Ripley – academic

A–M

 * Héctor Acosta – bachata/merengue singer
 * Cyrille Aimée – jazz musician (French father, Dominican mother)
 * Manny Albam – jazz musician
 * Luis Alberti – merengue musician
 * José Alberto "El Canario" – salsa singer
 * Cardi B – rapper (Dominican father, Trinidadian mother)
 * El Alfa – rapper
 * Juan Bautista Alfonseca – military officer, composer
 * Anaís – pop singer
 * Andy Andy – singer
 * Ice Spice – rapper (African-American father, Dominican mother)
 * Arcángel – reggaeton artist
 * Aventura – bachata group
 * AZ – rapper (African-American mother, Dominican father)
 * José Peña Suazo – Merengue singer
 * 070 Shake – rapper
 * Sexappeal – salsa singer
 * Lope Balaguer – singer
 * Kirko Bangz – rapper (African American, Mexican and Dominican)
 * Ivan Barias – music producer
 * Eduardo Brito – baritone singer
 * Ninón Lapeiretta de Brouwer – female composer
 * Alex Bueno – merengue/bachata singer
 * Nini Caffaro – singer
 * José Manuel Calderón – bachata musician
 * Michel Camilo – jazz pianist
 * Angela Carrasco – singer
 * Israel Casado – merengue instrumentalist
 * Aisha Syed Castro – violinist
 * Bonny Cepeda – merengue singer
 * Las Chicas del Can
 * Javier Colon – singer and winner of the first season of U.S. reality series The Voice (Dominican father, Puerto Rican mother)
 * Charles Connor – rhythm and blues drummer
 * Coro – freestyle singer/actor (American born Cuban and Dominican)
 * Cristal Marie – Latin pop singer-songwriter
 * Damirón – pianist and composer
 * Casandra Damirón – folk singer
 * Kat DeLuna – singer
 * Joe Blandino – singer-songwriter
 * DJ Prostyle – hip hop DJ
 * Danielle Balbuena – rapper
 * DaniLeigh – singer
 * Don Miguelo – reggaeton artist
 * Don Omar – reggaeton artist
 * Dave East – rap artist
 * El Cata – merengue musician
 * El Jeffrey – merengue singer
 * El Prodigio – accordionist
 * Jackeline Estevez – pop singer
 * Bienvenido Fabian – composer
 * Fabolous – rapper (Dominican mother, African American father)
 * Zacarías Ferreira – bachata singer
 * Xiomara Fortuna – singer
 * Omar Franco – singer/composer
 * Billo Frómeta – singer
 * Juan Francisco García – merengue composer
 * Jhene Aiko – singer (Dominican, Spanish, Japanese mother)
 * Vicente García – singer-songwriter
 * Teodora Ginés – composer
 * Lilly Goodman – singer
 * Irv Gotti – producer
 * Leslie Grace – singer-songwriter
 * Juan Luis Guerra – merengue/bachata/salsa musician
 * Luichy Guzman – film composer
 * Ivonne Haza – soprano singer
 * Tatico Henriquez – merengue musician
 * Martha Heredia – singer
 * Julio Alberto Hernández – composer
 * Maridalia Hernández
 * Vinylz Hernandez – music producer
 * Eddy Herrera – merengue singer
 * Nicky Jam – reggaeton artist (Dominican mother, Puerto Rican father)
 * Porfi Jimenez – trumpeter, composer and conductor
 * Alih Jey – singer
 * Krisspy – merengue singer
 * Bullumba Landestoy – pianist, composer
 * Ñico Lora – known as the "Father of Merengue" music, singer
 * Margarita Luna de Espaillat – composer
 * Anthony Ríos – ballad singer
 * Los Hermanos Rosario – merengue group
 * Romeo Santos – bachata/reggaeton singer (Dominican father, Puerto Rican mother)
 * Luny Tunes – reggaeton producers/artists
 * Maffio – music producer
 * Domenic Marte – bachata singer
 * Melanie Martinez – pop singer (Dominican mother, Puerto Rican father)
 * La Materialista – singer
 * Henry Mendez – reggaeton artist
 * José Antonio Molina – classical composer
 * Munchi – DJ

N–Z

 * Natti Natasha – singer
 * Noztra – reggaeton artist
 * Francisco Núñez – musical conductor
 * Pavel Nuñez – pop/rock musician
 * Omega – merenhouse musician
 * Juan Francisco Ordóñez – guitarist/composer
 * Ramón Orlando – merengue singer
 * Shalim Ortiz – singer
 * Johnny Pacheco – salsa singer/producer/bandleader
 * Leonardo Paniagua – bachata artist
 * Karina Pasian – singer/pianist
 * Chichí Peralta – singer, bandleader, percussionist
 * Rubby Perez – singer
 * Carlos Piantini – conductor and musician
 * Geovanny Polanco – merengue singer
 * Prince Royce – bachata singer
 * Milly Quezada – singer, dubbed the "Queen of Merengue"
 * Fausto Rey – singer/composer
 * Frank Reyes – bachata singer
 * José Rufino Reyes y Siancas – composer of Dominican national anthem
 * Trio Reynoso – known as the "kings of merengue tipico" merengue/bachata group
 * Ariel Rivas – music producer
 * Mario Rivera – jazz composer/artist
 * Raulín Rodríguez – bachata singer
 * Richard Camacho – pop singer (Dominican Parents)
 * Rosangela – singer
 * Toño Rosario – merengue singer
 * Raulín Rosendo – salsa singer
 * Roger Sanchez – DJ/house music producer
 * Rolf Sanchez – pop musician (Dominican mother)
 * Daniel Santacruz – singer-songwriter
 * Lizette Santana (also known as Lizé) – singer-songwriter
 * Santaye – singer-songwriter
 * Antony Santos – bachata singer
 * Yoskar Sarante – bachata singer
 * Luis Segura – singer
 * Triple Seis – rapper
 * Twin Shadow – indie musician
 * Vicky Shell – singer-songwriter
 * Rafael Solano – songwriter/composer
 * Giselle Tavera – singer
 * Michael Tavera – composer
 * Ines Thomas Almeida – opera singer
 * Tokischa – rapper
 * Cuco Valoy – merengue singer/bandleader
 * Luis Vargas – bachata singer
 * Sergio Vargas – merengue singer
 * Wilfrido Vargas – merengue singer
 * Johnny Ventura – merengue singer, vice mayor (1994–1998) and mayor of Santo Domingo (1998–2002)
 * Fernando Villalona – singer
 * J.R. Writer – rapper
 * Marcos Yaroide – Christian singer, composer

Baseball

 * Manny Acta – former manager of the Cleveland Indians
 * Willy Adames – professional baseball player
 * Antonio Alfonseca – professional baseball player
 * Carlos Almanzar – professional baseball player
 * Felipe Alou – professional baseball manager and player
 * Jesús Alou – professional baseball player
 * Matty Alou – professional baseball player
 * Moisés Alou – professional baseball player
 * Joaquín Andújar – professional baseball player
 * Greg Aquino – professional baseball player
 * Joaquin Arias – professional baseball player
 * Miguel Batista – professional baseball player
 * Tony Batista – professional baseball player
 * Danny Bautista – professional baseball player
 * Denny Bautista – professional baseball player
 * José Bautista – professional baseball player
 * José Bautista (pitcher) – professional baseball player (pitcher)
 * George Bell – professional baseball player
 * Ronnie Belliard – professional baseball player
 * Francis Beltrán – professional baseball player
 * Adrián Beltré – professional baseball player
 * Esteban Beltré – professional baseball player
 * Armando Benítez – professional baseball player
 * Joaquín Benoit – professional baseball player
 * Ángel Berroa – professional baseball player
 * Wilson Betemit – professional baseball player
 * Tony Blanco – professional baseball player
 * Pedro Borbón, Jr. – professional baseball player
 * Yhency Brazobán – professional baseball player
 * Juan Brito (catcher) – professional baseball catcher
 * Juan Brito (infielder) – professional baseball infielder
 * Daniel Cabrera – professional baseball player
 * Francisco Cabrera – professional baseball player
 * Melky Cabrera – professional baseball player
 * Robinson Canó – professional baseball player
 * Rico Carty – professional baseball player
 * Bernie Castro – professional baseball player
 * Fabio Castro – professional baseball player
 * Starlin Castro – professional baseball player
 * Alberto Castillo – professional baseball player
 * Luis Castillo – professional baseball player
 * César Cedeño – professional baseball player
 * Jesús Colomé – professional baseball player
 * Bartolo Colón – professional baseball player
 * Román Colón – professional baseball player
 * Francisco Cordero – professional baseball player
 * Deivi Cruz – professional baseball player
 * Johnny Cueto – professional baseball player
 * Elly De La Cruz (born 2002) - professional baseball player
 * Seranthony Domínguez – professional baseball pitcher
 * Octavio Dotel – professional baseball player
 * Edwin Encarnación – professional baseball player
 * Juan Encarnación – professional baseball player
 * Pedro Feliz – professional baseball player
 * Bartolomé Fortunato – professional baseball player
 * Rafael Furcal – professional baseball player
 * Julio Franco – professional baseball player
 * Jerry Gil – professional baseball player
 * Carlos Gómez – professional baseball player
 * Deivy Grullón – professional baseball player
 * Vladimir Guerrero – professional baseball player
 * Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – professional baseball player
 * José Guillén – professional baseball player
 * Cristian Guzmán – professional baseball player
 * Freddy Guzmán – professional baseball player
 * Ronald Guzman – professional baseball player
 * Félix Heredia – professional baseball player
 * Roberto Hernández (formerly known as Fausto Carmona) – professional baseball player
 * Runelvys Hernández – professional baseball player
 * Julián Javier – professional baseball player
 * Stan Javier – professional baseball player
 * José Lima – professional baseball player
 * Francisco Liriano – professional baseball player
 * Pedro Liriano – professional baseball player
 * Mendy López – professional baseball player
 * Julio Lugo – professional baseball player
 * Ruddy Lugo – professional baseball player
 * Héctor Luna – professional baseball player
 * Manny Machado – professional baseball player
 * Henry Mateo – professional baseball player
 * Julio Mateo – professional baseball player
 * Juan Marichal – professional baseball player
 * Dámaso Marte – professional baseball player
 * Pedro Martínez – Cy Young Award-winning professional baseball player
 * Yermín Mercedes – catcher/designated hitter for the San Francisco Giants
 * José Mesa – professional baseball player
 * Omar Minaya – General Manager of the New York Mets
 * Raúl Mondesí – professional baseball player
 * Agustín Montero – professional baseball player
 * Juan Morillo – professional baseball player
 * Abraham Núñez – professional baseball player
 * Leo Núñez – professional baseball player
 * José Offerman – professional baseball player
 * Miguel Olivo – professional baseball player
 * David Ortiz – professional baseball player
 * Ramón Ortiz – professional baseball player
 * Pablo Ozuna – professional baseball player
 * Ronny Paulino – professional baseball player
 * Carlos Peña – professional baseball player
 * Tony Peña – professional baseball player
 * Wily Mo Peña – professional baseball player
 * Jhonny Peralta – professional baseball player
 * Antonio Pérez – professional baseball player
 * Mélido Pérez – professional baseball player
 * Neifi Pérez – professional baseball player
 * Odalis Pérez – professional baseball player
 * Rafael Pérez – professional baseball player
 * Timo Pérez – professional baseball player
 * Hipólito Pichardo – professional baseball player
 * Plácido Polanco – professional baseball player
 * Albert Pujols – first baseman and designated hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Angels
 * Aramis Ramírez – professional baseball player
 * Hanley Ramírez – professional baseball player
 * Manny Ramírez – professional baseball player
 * José Reyes – professional baseball player
 * Fernando Rodney – professional baseball player
 * Alex Rodriguez – professional baseball player
 * Félix Rodríguez – professional baseball player
 * Henry Rodríguez – professional baseball player
 * Julio Rodríguez (born 2000) La Insuperable professional baseball outfielder
 * Wandy Rodríguez – professional baseball player
 * Duaner Sánchez – professional baseball player
 * Carlos Santana − first baseman and catcher for the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies
 * Víctor Santos – professional baseball player
 * Jean Segura – professional baseball player
 * Alfonso Soriano – professional baseball player
 * Jorge Sosa – professional baseball player
 * Sammy Sosa – professional baseball player
 * Juan Soto – professional baseball player for the New York Yankees
 * Julián Tavárez – professional baseball player
 * Oscar Taveras – professional baseball player
 * Willy Taveras – professional baseball player
 * Miguel Tejada – professional baseball player
 * Rubén Tejada – professional baseball player
 * Robinson Tejeda – professional baseball player
 * Luis Terrero – professional baseball player
 * Salomón Torres – professional baseball player
 * Juan Uribe – professional baseball player
 * Wilson Valdez – professional baseball player
 * José Valverde – professional baseball player
 * Claudio Vargas – professional baseball player
 * Tetelo Vargas – professional baseball player
 * Yordano Ventura – professional baseball player
 * Ozzie Virgil – professional baseball player
 * Luis Vizcaíno – professional baseball player
 * Edinson Vólquez – professional baseball player
 * Héctor Wagner – professional baseball player

Basketball

 * Orlando Antigua – professional basketball player
 * Trevor Ariza – professional basketball player
 * Amaury Filion – professional basketball player
 * Luis Flores – basketball player, 2009 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Francisco García – professional basketball player
 * Al Horford – professional basketball player
 * Tito Horford – professional basketball player
 * Felipe López – professional basketball player
 * Jack Michael Martínez – professional basketball player
 * Sammy Mejia – professional basketball player
 * Rigoberto Mendoza (born 1992) – basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Luis Montero – basketball player
 * Carlos Morban – basketball player
 * Jaime Peterson – basketball player
 * Miguel Angel Pichardo – basketball player
 * Orlando Sánchez – professional basketball player
 * Ron Sanchez – professional basketball player
 * Edgar Sosa – professional basketball player
 * Gerardo Suero – professional basketball player
 * Karl-Anthony Towns – professional basketball player
 * Eloy Vargas – professional basketball player
 * José Vargas – professional basketball player
 * Charlie Villanueva – professional basketball player
 * Franklin Western – professional basketball player

Boxing

 * Francisco Contreras – boxer
 * Carlos Cruz – former professional boxing champion
 * Leo Cruz – professional boxing champion
 * Manuel Félix Díaz – professional boxer
 * Javier Fortuna – professional boxer
 * Julio Gervacio – professional boxer
 * Fernando Guerrero – professional boxer
 * Joan Guzmán – professional boxer
 * Luis Ernesto José – professional boxer
 * Eleoncio Mercedes – professional boxer
 * Juan Carlos Payano – boxer
 * Delvin Rodriguez – professional boxer
 * Edwin Rodriguez – professional boxer
 * Glen Tapia – professional boxer

Other sports

 * Raul Aguayo – national sail team member
 * Juana Arrendel – high jumper
 * Milagros Cabral – professional volleyball player
 * José Miguel Cáceres – professional volleyball player
 * Brenda Castillo – professional volleyball player
 * Luis Castillo – professional football player
 * Fany Chalas – sprinter
 * Stalin Colinet – former professional football player
 * Yuderqui Contreras – weightlifter
 * Domingo Cordero – hurdler
 * Bethania de la Cruz – professional volleyball player
 * Wendy Cruz – cyclist
 * Marcos Díaz – ultra-distance swimmer
 * Karla Echenique – professional volleyball player
 * Edward Vinicio Espinal – professional soccer player
 * Mariano Díaz Mejía – professional soccer player
 * Jaime Espinal – Olympic wrestler
 * Víctor Estrella Burgos – tennis player
 * Lisvel Elisa Eve – professional volleyball player
 * Mary Joe Fernández – professional tennis player
 * Alex Garcia – UFC fighter
 * Iván Ernesto Gómez – elite mountaineer
 * Aumi Guerra – professional bowler
 * Dionicio Gustavo – karateka
 * Robinson Hilario – kitesurfer
 * José Hernández – tennis player
 * Francia Jackson – professional volleyball player
 * Jhohanny Jean – taekwondo athlete
 * Ernesto Jerez – sportscaster
 * Julio Luciano – high jumper
 * Víctor Martínez – professional bodybuilder
 * Gabriel Mercedes – taekwondo practitioner
 * Juan Núñez – sprinter
 * Sidarka Núñez – professional volleyball player
 * Victor Nunez – soccer player
 * Michael-Ray Pallares-González – tennis player
 * Pablo Ramírez – professional skateboarder
 * Alexis Panisse – runner
 * Domingo Peralta – soccer player
 * Wanda Rijo – weightlifter
 * Heidy Rodríguez – karateka
 * Jeoselyna Rodríguez Santos – professional volleyball player
 * Cindy Rondón – professional volleyball player
 * Dante Rosario – professional football player
 * Félix Sánchez – Olympic gold medal–winning hurdler
 * Raysa Sanchez – sprinter
 * Luguelín Santos – Olympic silver medalist-sprinter
 * Annerys Vargas – professional volleyball player
 * Jack Veneno – professional wrestler
 * Ana Villanueva – karateka

Other personalities

 * Rolando Acosta – associate justice
 * Félix Acosta-Núñez – journalist
 * Danny Almonte – notable Little League player
 * Radhames Aracena – music producer
 * Rafael Bello – journalist
 * Billy Berroa – sports broadcaster
 * Pedro Borrell – architect
 * José María Cabral – director
 * Vladimir Caamaño – comedian
 * Rafael Calventi – architect, diplomat
 * Silvia Carreño-Coll – district judge
 * Claudia Castaños – journalist
 * Cirilo J Guzmán – lawyer
 * Marino Vinicio Castillo – lawyer
 * Miguel Cocco – politician
 * Shirley Collado – psychology professor, president of Ithaca college
 * Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo – diplomat
 * Alexandra Cheron – socialite/model
 * Jose DeCamps – dancer
 * Dayanny De La Cruz – chef
 * Nelson de la Rosa – actor, comedian
 * Mario Alvarez Dugan – journalist
 * Rudy Duthil – advertising executive
 * Jose Gutierez – dancer, choreographer
 * José María Heredia y Heredia – poet (Dominican parents)
 * Emilio Prud’Homme – writer and lawyer
 * Carmen Imbert Brugal – jurist, author
 * María Isabel Soldevila – journalist
 * Michele Jimenez – ballet dancer
 * Mercedes Laura Aguiar – educator
 * Paul Luna – restaurateur
 * Johnny Marines – music executive
 * Rámon Marrero Aristy – journalist
 * Maria Marte – prominent chef working in Spain
 * Jose E. Martinez – lawyer
 * Ralph Mercado – founder of RMM Records; music producer
 * Charles E Milander – social media expert
 * Rafael Molina Morillo – journalist
 * Francisco Moncion – ballet dancer, choreographer
 * Miguel Núñez – theologian
 * Providencia Paredes – assistant and confidante to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
 * Quirino Paulino – notorious drug smuggler
 * Arturo Pellerano Alfau – journalist
 * Ilka Tanya Payán – actress, AIDS/HIV activist
 * Pedro Saúl Pérez – activist
 * Oscar Peter – champion figure skater
 * Domingo Pilarte – evangelist
 * Santiago Luis Polanco Rodríguez – drug dealer
 * Carlos Rubio – political analyst
 * Porfirio Rubirosa – diplomat, polo player, race car driver
 * Socorro Sánchez del Rosario – educator, journalist
 * José Santana (economist) – economist
 * Manuel Tarrazo – fashion designer
 * Miguel Vila Luna – architect and painter